We push time from us, and we wish him back; * * * * * * Life we think long and short; death seek and shun.
Edward YoungThe clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.
Edward YoungIn an active life is sown the seed of wisdom; but he who reflects not, never reaps; has no harvest from it, but carries the burden of age without the wages of experience; nor knows himself old, but from his infirmities, the parish register, and the contempt of mankind. And age, if it has not esteem, has nothing.
Edward Young